Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Drawing of Sarah E. Goode's Cabinet Bed
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Sarah E. Goode (c.1855?-1905)
Willa Beatrice Brown
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Willa B. Brown (1906-1992)
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Canada Lee (1907-1952)
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Horace King (1807-1885)

Explore Global African History

Miguel de Buría
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Miguel I de Buría (1510-1555)
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(1964) Nelson Mandela, “I Am Prepared To Die”
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(2009) Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, “A Just and Lasting Peace”
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First Ivorian Civil War (2002-2007)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The TransPacific Struggle over Citizenship: Seeking Welfare Rights in Kawasaki City, Japan and Los Angeles, California,1962-1982
Three Harlem women, photo by James Van Der Zee
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The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance
Migrant Mother Holds Her Baby, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1940
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In Praise of Mayme Clayton: Images of the African American West
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TransAtlantic Food Migration: The African Culinary Influence on the Cuisine of the Americas

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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